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Title: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: onmybike on May 03, 2009, 03:19:14 PM
A quick 450km tour as a shakedown for an India (and beyond) tour later this year. Everything worked but those XRs are just soooo slow.... or it could be me, but I blame the tires. Has anyone got an opinion on Conti Travel Contacts?

Pictures shot on infrared film, the first at Gundillion cemetery - just up the road from Ballalaba and Togganoggera in the New South Wales southern highlands (Australia), and the second of a wild campsite near the Badja Swamps Nature Reserve.

(http://www.winercreative.com.au/images/irbike1b-800.jpg)

(http://www.winercreative.com.au/images/swamp-camp2-800.jpg)
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: jags on May 03, 2009, 04:37:55 PM
look's like a scene from a movie. the supreams might suit you better.
good luck on the toue sounds fantastic,love to have the balls to do something like that .
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: vik on May 04, 2009, 04:50:02 PM
I use XRs on a couple bikes and don't find them particularly slow.  They've served me well on all manner of road surfaces and survived loads of abuse so I'll keep buying them.  I haven't had a flat yet!

The new Marathon extreme tires are supposed to be lighter/faster, but I have no experience with them.

http://www.schwalbetires.com/marathon_extreme

(http://www.schwalbetires.com/files/l_img_marathon_extreme.gif)

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: spoon boy on May 08, 2009, 08:50:00 AM
reminds me of the blair with project

something I noticed though chap..the bike seems to be untethered when you free camp do you secure it with anything?
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: onmybike on August 18, 2009, 02:13:18 PM
Not usually when I'm wild camping in Oz - if no-one knows you're there, then there's no great need. Arriving in India tomorrow and I suspect wild camping won't be as easy.
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: julk on August 18, 2009, 02:24:28 PM
Those tyres look so cool in infrared.
Title: Re: Syd's new Nomad goes on it's first tour
Post by: Michael Falk on September 07, 2009, 10:28:36 AM
Seeing you asked about TravelContacts, they are the ones I usually use. Difficult for me to compare with XR's, I've only used a 1.6XR on the front when I couldn't get a TravelContact. Both tyre types have been very reliable. I think the XR might be a bit heavier & the Conti has a quicker looking tread for pavement. All the same, I really don't know if the Conti TravContact will be "quicker".